This essay really resonated with me because I am going to community college and I faced a lot of the social and peer stigma that the author mentions, and it is a huge source of my depression and my feelings of inadequacy.
Have any of you gone to community college? What have your experiences been?
I'm also going to CC but didnt really face any stigma/pressure due to me not really telling anybody about it lol. It is more of an economic issue for me, but I also plan on redeeming myself after a seemingly meh high school record (depression for fresh/soph year and drugs junior/senior year). Honestly, as long as you yourself don't lose the initial potential you were born with, coupled with sound determination, I really don't see any negative of CC. It's cheaper, allows you to adjust to the collegiate level relatively well, and in my own state(NJ), they have a law requiring state colleges to accept CC transfers, so at the very least I will graduate with a BA from the state school(prob Rutgers NB) and ontop of these "gurantees", I also have an opportunity to go to more advanced colleges if I do well in my classes(I'm majoring in either Physics or Comp.Sci) Anyways, good luck
I like community colleges because they're more practical, not as pretentious, more user-friendly for working adults, and they're a very smart way to save on college expenses, by doing your first two years at the c.c., and transfer to a university for the last two years to get your degree. No one has the right to tell you how to live your life. Your life is yours to live. As Tyrion Lannister put it: 